Job 20:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If his height reaches to the sky and his head touches the clouds,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

ASV:

Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

BBE:

Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

DBY:

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,

ERV:

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

JPS:

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

WBS:

Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;

WEB:

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

YLT:

Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike --

Job 20:6 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 14:13 "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.

Isaiah 14:14 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

Obadiah 1:3 "The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to earth?' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:6 Though {b} his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
(b) His purpose is to prove Job to be a wicked man, and a hypocrite, because God punished him, and changed his prosperity into adversity.

WES:

20:6 Though - Though he be advanced to great dignity and authority.

MHC:

20:1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.

CONC:

Cloud Clouds Excellence Excellency Goes Heavens Height Lifted Loftiness Mount Pride Reach Reaches Strike Though Touches

Cloud Clouds Excellence Excellency Goes Head Heavens Height Loftiness Mount Pride Reach Reaches Strike Touches

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